Umoja (album)

Umoja
Studio album by BLØF
Released March 3, 2006
Recorded 2003–2005
Length 60:05
Label EMI
Producer BLØF, Holger Schwedt
BLØF chronology

Het Eind Van Het Begin
(2005)		 Umoja
(2006)		 XXS
(2006)
Singles from Umoja
  1. "Aanzoek Zonder Ringen"
    Released: January 9, 2006
  2. "Hemingway"
    Released: May 5, 2006
  3. "Mens"
    Released: September 2006
  4. "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen"
    Released: November 17, 2006
  5. "Donker Hart"
    Released: 2007

Umoja is the seventh album from the Dutch band BLØF, released on March 3, 2006. It was produced with help of many foreign artists. It had already been sold 50.000 times before it was released, and was the number one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after the release date. The title of the album is Swahili for 'be one'.

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Tracklist

Track Title English translation Made in Recorded Length
01 Binnenstebuiten (Yele) Inside out Nairobi, Kenya October 2003 6:03
02 Mens Human Antalya, Turkey December 2003 3:56
03 Aanzoek Zonder Ringen Proposal without rings Sado, Japan September 2005 4:43
04 Hemingway Hemingway Havana, Cuba March 2004 3:41
05 Wennen Aan September Getting used to September New York City, United States July 2004 4:19
06 Geen Tango Not a tango Buenos Aires, Argentina January 2005 4:37
07 Laag Bij De Grond Close to the ground Lagos, Nigeria September 2004 4:21
08 Herinnering Aan Later Memory of later Óbidos, Portugal June 2004 3:19
09 Vreemde Wegen Unknown roads Celbridge, Ireland October 2005 4:16
10 Donker Hart Dark heart St. Petersburg, Russia November 2005 4:07
11 Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen A way to get home Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan May 2005 5:11
12 De Hemel Is De Aarde Heaven is earth Adelaide River, Australia September 2005 4:31
13 Eén En Alleen One and alone New Delhi, India March 2005 7:01

Personnel

The thirteen countries where BLØF recorded Umoja.[1]

[2]

BLØF

Additional musicians

Binnenstebuiten (Yele)

Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

Mens

Aanzoek Zonder Ringen

Hemingway

Arrangement by Tom Bakker

Lyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager

Wennen Aan September

Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz

Geen Tango

Arrangement by Carel Kraayenhof and Tom Bakker

Laag Bij De Grond

Herinnering Aan Later

Lyrics translation by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco and Peter Slager

Vreemde Wegen

Donker Hart

Arrangement by Peter Bauwens

Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen

De Hemel Is De Aarde

Eén En Alleen

References

  1. ↑ Official website on Umoja
  2. ↑ Umoja (Media notes). BLØF. 2006.